Playground at the Cugnaux en piste Festival 2025

Playground at the Cugnaux en piste festival in Cugnaux
Cugnaux, land of circus. Cugnaux en piste is back for its 2nd edition, and now it’s your turn! Feel your heart beat, hold your breath, catch your breath: just a stone’s throw from Tolouse, the circus arts festival is opening its doors to you!
This year also marks the 15th anniversary of Ça Cirkule, Cugnaux’s amateur circus school. In partnership with La Grainerie, the programme will be spread over several days and in several venues in the town.
Collectif Primavez will be presenting their show Playground at Cugnaux en piste on 26 and 27 June.
See you on 26 and 27 June at the Cugnaux en piste If you want to know more, click here!
Do you want to know more about Playground?
Do Artists Need Their Audience? Without a doubt—without spectators, there is no show. But can artists also rely on their audience physically? Miguel Rubio takes on this challenge with Playground.
Here, the staging depends entirely on the spectators. Their gaze, their presence, and even their bodies support the structure of the performance. Seated on eight chairs connected to the Chinese pole, they become a key element of the scenography. Those who accept this role will feel just how much the artist leans on them to keep everything in balance. Blending Chinese pole acrobatics, dance, theater, and humor, Playground is a performance full of surprises and extraordinary adventures. It is an aerial and absurd playground where comedy meets acrobatic prowess, suspended more than eight meters above the ground.
After collaborating with numerous companies and diverse projects, Miguel Rubio wanted to take the Chinese pole to the streets. He designed a self-sufficient system in which the audience itself becomes the pillar of the performance. With Playground, the magic of the Chinese pole comes to life, unfolding anywhere and for everyone.